Animal-releasing device.



J. L. BOTTEM.

ANIMAL RELEASING DEVICE.

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ANIMAL RELEASING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. 1915.

Patented Nov. 2?, 1917.

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JACOB L. BOTTEM, OF MCINTOSH, MINNESOTA.

ANIMAL-RELEASING DEVICE.

Application filed March 17, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB L. Bo'rTnM, a citizen of the United States,residing at McIntosh, in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-ReleasingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in animal releasing devices andits object is to produce simple and effective means for simultaneouslyreleasing animals from a series of stalls in a stable in case ofnecessity; and in normal times serving as a holder for the animals.Means are also provided for releasing the animals individually whendesired. 1 With the foregoing and other objects in view the inventionconsists in combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in following specification, pointed out in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of saidspecification and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view in sideelevation of a portion of my device.

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 4. is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of Fig. 4.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The reference numeral 1 designates one end wall of the stable and 2 themanger wall to which brackets 3 are secured that carry the casing awhich extends through the several stalls of the stable and within saidcasing the pull rod 5 is slidably arranged. One end of the pull rodextends through the wall 1 of the stable and is secured to the controllever 6 which is fulcrumed at 7 upon the lug 8 carried by the saidwall 1. A wedge pin 9 provided with a hand ring 10 that carries a cord11 is nor mally projected into the normally alined openings in the endsof the casing 1 and rod 5 to retain said members in adjustedSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 191?.

Serial No. 14,985.

position with relation to each other. The casing 4, in each stall, isformed with an elongated slot 12 and a metal strap 13 secured to theunder side of said casing, below its slotted portion, extends about saidcasing and is spaced away from the slotted portion thereof to serve as aprotector for the angular pin 14 which is fast to the pull rod 5 andprojects up through the slotted portion 12 of the casing and thenparallel to said casing and normally into an eye 15 formed in theupturned end 16 of the angle piece 17 which is secured to said casingadjacent one end of each slot 12 therein. The hitching ring 18 at theend of the halter strap 19 is normally retained upon said pin 14 betweenthe strap 13 and the end 16 of the angle piece 17. To release the rings18 in the several stalls simultaneously the stop pin 9 is manuallywithdrawn from the rod and casing and the lever 6 moved away from thewall 1 into the position shown dotted in Fig. 1 thus moving the pull rodindependently of the casing and so drawing the pins 14 out of engagementwith the eyes 15 and freeing the said hitching rings as also showndotted in Fig. 1. The animals may be individually released by detachingthe halter strap from the halter.

What is claimed is 1. In an animal releasing device, a longitudinallyslotted casing, a pull rod slidable within said casing, an operatinglever for said pull rod, a wedge pin normally connecting said casing andpull rod, an angle piece formed with an upturned end having an eyedisposed adjacent said elongated casing slot, an angular pin made fastto said pull rod and projected through the elongated slot in said casingand normally into the said eye adjacent said slot and a protector forsaid pin carried by said casing.

2. In an animal releasing device, a longitudinally slotted casing, apull rod slidable within said casing, an operating lever for said pullrod, a wedge pin normally connecting said casing and pull rod, an anglepiece having its upturned end formed with an eye disposed adjacent saidelongated casing slot, an angular pin made fast to said pull rod andprojected through the elongated slot in said casing and normally intothe said eye adjacent said slot, and a strap secured to said casing andencircling the same and spaced above the apertured portion thereof toprovide clearance and afford protection for the said angular pin.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature 10 in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

J. L. BOTTEM.

Witnesses:

JoHN JOHNSON, CHESTER A. NARVESON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

